CN101639642A - Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus - Google Patents
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There are provided a sheet conveying apparatus and an image forming apparatus, which enable stable sheet conveyance without depending on sheet size. An air suction portion having a duct portion for air suction is provided inwardly of an endless belt having a plurality of suction holes. Air is taken in through the suction holes of the endless belt and the duct portion for air suction by the air suction portion to absorb a sheet onto the endless belt. When the sheet having a sheet conveying direction length in which a sheet trailing end reaches the endless belt before a sheet leading end reachesa fixing device is conveyed, at least part of the portion of the duct portion through which the sheet trailing end passes before the sheet leading end reaches the fixing portion is closed by a shutter.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of sheet material conveyor and image forming apparatus.More specifically, the present invention relates to carry sheet material conveyor and the image forming apparatus that is adsorbed to the sheet material on the endless belt.
Background technology
There has been the image forming apparatus that on sheet material, forms image by electrophotographic system, for example duplicating machine, facsimile recorder and laser beam printer.When forming image on sheet material, this image forming apparatus is according to the image information photosensitive drums of exposing, to form electrostatic latent image on photosensitive drums.
Utilize the toner development electrostatic latent image by developing apparatus, thereby can be considered toner image.By transfer printing portion toner image is transferred to from the sheet material of feeding sheet materials portion supply.Then sheet material is delivered to the fixing roller that is arranged in the photographic fixing portion and the fusing nip between the backer roll.With toner image as the permanent image photographic fixing on sheet material.
Image forming apparatus has the sheet material conveyor that is used for feeding sheets.Sheet material conveyor has the first sheet material delivery section and the second sheet material delivery section, and this second sheet material delivery section will be delivered to the first sheet material delivery section by the sheet material of air absorption.The second sheet material delivery section has the endless belt, is placed with the endless belt of sheet material above moving, and sheet material is delivered to the first sheet material delivery section.
Be placed on the sheet material vibration when carrying on the conveying belt simply.Therefore, carry potentially unstable, thereby cause transmission failure.In addition, be formed on the unfixed toner image possibility multilated of sheet surface, cause image bad.
In order to prevent that thereby this sheet material vibration from realizing stable the conveying, provides a kind of conveying to be adsorbed to the second sheet material delivery section of the sheet material on the conveying belt in Japanese kokai publication hei 01-104560 communique and the Japanese kokai publication hei 09-43913 communique.
Figure 10 shows the figure of structure of sheet material conveyor that this conveying of having of prior art is adsorbed to the second sheet material delivery section of the sheet material on the conveying belt.The second sheet material delivery section 204 has: the endless belt 200 that keeps sheet material S; And attract member 201 as the air of the member that prevents sheet material S vibration, this air attract member 201 in the endless belt 200 the inner negative pressure that produces of conveyor surface (entrained surface).Air attracts member 201 to have pipe section 202 and is attached to the extraction fan 203 of pipe section 202.
When feeding sheets S, make extraction fan 203 rotation, producing negative pressure, thereby sheet material S is adsorbed on the endless belt 200 in pipe section, then sheet material is delivered to photographic fixing portion 300, this photographic fixing cage structure first sheet material delivery section in the mode of the vibration that prevents sheet material S.According to the type of sheet material, change the attractive force of extraction fan 203, to guarantee and the irrelevant stable attractive force of the size of sheet material S.Can be under the situation that does not upset toner image realize that by preventing to tremble stable sheet material carries.
At this sheet material conveyor and having in the image forming apparatus of this sheet material conveyor, under sheet material was situation greater than the A4 size, the sheet material rear end just was placed on the endless belt 200 after the sheet material front end reaches photographic fixing portion 300.Therefore, can under the situation that does not reduce attractive force sheet material S be delivered at the fixing roller 302 of photographic fixing portion 300 and the fusing nip N between the backer roll 303.
On the other hand, under the situation of for example small size sheet materials such as B5 sized sheets and postcard, the sheet material rear end can arrive endless belt 200 before the sheet material front end arrives photographic fixing portion 300.Then, feeding sheets S '.As shown in figure 10, when transmitted on the endless belt sheet material rear end, sheet material S ' was placed on the part of endless belt 200, rather than on the full annular band.
Indicated 200 partial L 2 inhaled airs of not placing sheet material S ' in the above become remarkable from the endless belt by arrow.Therefore, the absorption affinity among the fore-end L1 of the top rear end of having placed sheet material S ' that has reduced endless belt 200, thus reduced carrying capacity.When carrying capacity reduces, sheet material S can not be pushed fusing nip N, blocked sheet material S '.
In Figure 10, photographic fixing inlet guides 301 is set between the photographic fixing portion 300 and the second sheet material delivery section 204.Dead ahead at fusing nip N makes sheet material with the α angular bend by photographic fixing inlet guides 301, moves towards fusing nip N then.In this state, when sheet material process fusing nip N, can prevent sheet material corrugation and block.
Yet,, increased the conveying load by photographic fixing inlet guides 301 is set.Therefore, sheet material S separates from the endless belt easily.The front end butt fixing roller 302 of sheet material S by photographic fixing inlet guides 301 guiding.Since butt vibrations (abuttingshock), sheet material S 200 separation from the endless belt easily.
As dotted line is indicated, if hard (strong) sheet material S ' of small size is difficult to lead with bend angles alpha by photographic fixing inlet guides 301, sheet material S ' 200 separation from the endless belt easily.The butt vibrations are easy to be passed to the rear end of small size sheet material S ', so that sheet material carrying capacity instability.Further, made dirty by unfixing toner or sheet material particle and when having increased frictional resistance, carrying capacity is not enough more when photographic fixing inlet guides 301 aspect the permanance, it is unstable that the sheet material carrying capacity becomes.
In order to address this problem,, increase attractive force as the extraction fan 203 of negative pressure member for the hard sheet material of small size.Then, the operation noise of extraction fan 203 increases, and has used power consumption lavishly.When corresponding to the sheets of sizes on the throughput direction when the sheet material throughput direction increases number of fans, it is huge that equipment becomes.Similarly, because the attraction efficient of difference has increased power consumption.
Finish the present invention under the circumstances, the invention provides a kind of sheet material conveyor and the image forming apparatus that can irrespectively stablize feeding sheets with sheets of sizes.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of sheet material conveyor, its feeding sheets, described sheet material conveyor comprises: rotatable endless belt, it has a plurality of attractions hole; Air attraction portion, it is set at the inboard of endless belt, and has the opening that is used for air attraction, and air attraction portion sucks air by the attraction hole of opening and endless belt, makes sheet material be adsorbed on the endless belt; And transformation component, this transformation component is from the change attraction portion of opening, wherein, along with being adsorbed onto moving of sheet material on the endless belt by air attraction portion, described transformation component reduce from the sheet material rear end on described endless belt the attractive force of the corresponding described opening of the part of process.
A kind of sheet material conveyor, the second sheet material delivery section that it has the first sheet material delivery section and attracts sheet material and described sheet material is delivered to the described first sheet material delivery section by air, wherein, the described second sheet material delivery section comprises: endless belt, described endless belt have a plurality of attractions hole; Air attraction portion, described air attraction portion is set at the inboard of described endless belt, and have and be used for the opening that air attracts, described air attraction portion makes described sheet material attracted on the described endless belt by the described attraction hole suction air of described opening and described endless belt; And baffle plate, described baffle plate opens and closes the part of described opening, when described sheet material has the sheet material rear end when arriving the sheet material throughput direction length of described endless belt before the sheet material front end arrives the described first sheet material delivery section, at least a portion of described sheet material rear end opening portion of process before described sheet material front end arrives the described first sheet material delivery section is by described flapper closure.
A kind of image forming apparatus, it has: image forming part; To be transferred to the transfer printing portion on the sheet material by the toner image that described image forming part forms; And the sheet material conveyor that has been used to carry by the transfer printing of described transfer printing portion the described sheet material of toner image, described image forming apparatus comprises: rotatable endless belt, described endless belt have a plurality of attractions hole; Air attraction portion, described air attraction portion is set at the inboard of described endless belt, and have and be used for the opening that air attracts, described air attraction portion makes described sheet material attracted on the described endless belt by the described attraction hole suction air of described opening and described endless belt; And transformation component, along with being adsorbed onto moving of described sheet material on the described endless belt by described air attraction portion, described transformation component reduce from the sheet material rear end on described endless belt the attractive force of the corresponding described opening of the part of process.
A kind of image forming apparatus, it has: image forming part; To be transferred to the transfer printing portion on the sheet material by the toner image that described image forming part forms; And the sheet material conveyor that has been used to carry by the transfer printing of described transfer printing portion the described sheet material of toner image, described sheet material conveyor has the first sheet material delivery section and attracts sheet material and described sheet material is delivered to the second sheet material delivery section of the described first sheet material delivery section by air, wherein, the described second sheet material delivery section comprises: endless belt, described endless belt have a plurality of attractions hole; Air attraction portion, described air attraction portion is set at the inboard of described endless belt, and have and be used for the opening that air attracts, described air attraction portion makes described sheet material be adsorbed on the described endless belt by the described attraction hole suction air of described opening and described endless belt; And baffle plate, described baffle plate opens and closes the part of described opening, when described sheet material has the sheet material rear end when arriving the sheet material throughput direction length of described endless belt before the sheet material front end arrives the described first sheet material delivery section, at least a portion of described sheet material rear end opening portion of process before described sheet material front end arrives the described first sheet material delivery section is by described flapper closure.
From following (with reference to the accompanying drawings) explanation to exemplary embodiments, it is obvious that further feature of the present invention will become.
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Fig. 1 is the figure that illustrates according to an embodiment of the invention as the schematic configuration of the coloured image forming device of the example of the image forming apparatus with sheet material conveyor;
Fig. 2 is the figure that the structure of (pre-fixing) sheet material delivery section before the photographic fixing that is arranged in the coloured image forming device is shown;
Fig. 3 A and 3B are the figure that the state that the extraction fan of sheet material delivery section begins to rotate before the photographic fixing is shown;
Fig. 4 is the figure that the baffle plate and the structure of the switching mechanism that opens and closes baffle plate are shown, and baffle plate and switching mechanism all are set in the preceding sheet material delivery section of photographic fixing;
Fig. 5 illustrates the figure that baffle plate is in open mode;
Fig. 6 is illustrated in the figure that carries the state of small size sheet material in the preceding sheet material delivery section of photographic fixing;
Fig. 7 is the figure that the position of baffle plate when carrying the small size sheet material is shown;
Fig. 8 is the control block diagram of the open and close controlling of baffle plate;
Fig. 9 is the process flow diagram of the open and close controlling of baffle plate when transmitting sheet material;
Figure 10 is the figure of structure that the sheet material conveyor of prior art is shown.
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Below with reference to the accompanying drawings, detailed description is used to implement exemplary embodiments of the present invention.
Fig. 1 is the figure that the schematic configuration of coloured image forming device is shown, and this coloured image forming device is the example that has the image forming apparatus of sheet material conveyor according to an embodiment of the invention.
In Fig. 1, be provided with a kind of coloured image forming device 1 and coloured image forming device main body 1A (hereinafter being called equipment body).Textural, the coloured image forming device belongs to cascade system (tandem system) or rotary system (rotarysystem), and in cascade system, a plurality of image forming parts are arranged in the mode of series connection, in rotary system, a plurality of image forming parts are arranged cylindricly.The coloured image forming device belongs to direct transfer printing (direct transfer) system or intermediate transfer (intermediate transfer) system, directly transferring system directly is transferred to sheet material on from photosensitive drums toner image, the intermediate transfer system is transferred to toner image on the intermediate transfer member, and then is transferred on the sheet material.
Different with direct transferring system, the intermediate transfer system does not need sheet material is remained on the transfer belt, and can be suitable for the various sheet materials as super thick sheet and coating sheet material etc.In addition, the intermediate transfer system is suitable for realizing high productivity owing to the parallel processing of a plurality of image forming parts and the feature of full-colour image one transfer printing.Coloured image forming device 1 according to present embodiment comprises the intermediate transfer cascade system, and in this intermediate transfer cascade system, the image formation unit that is used for four kinds of colors is disposed in intermediate transfer belt in the mode of connecting.
Here, image forming part 513 has: be respectively applied for the image formation unit of yellow (Y), magenta (M), cyan (C) and black (Bk), each image formation unit all has photosensitive drums 508; Exposure device 511; Developing apparatus 510; Primary transfer device 507; And clearer 509.Four kinds of colors that the invention is not restricted to that image formation unit by separately forms and color arrangement order.
The 1B of feeding sheet materials portion has: sheet material storage part 51, and it is used for the sheet material S of storage stack on lifting apparatus 52; And feeding sheet materials member 53, it is used for supplying with the sheet material S that is stored in sheet material storage part 51.Feeding sheet materials member 53 comprises and utilizes the system that separates by frictions such as feeding sheet materials rollers or utilize system by air separation and absorption.In the present embodiment, with the feeding sheet materials system that uses air as example.
The 1C of transfer printing portion has intermediate transfer belt 506, by carrying intermediate transfer belt as rollers such as driven roller 504, jockey pulley 505 and secondary transfer printing inner roller 503, and carries and drive intermediate transfer belt along the direction of the arrow B among the figure.
Here, the toner image that is formed on the photosensitive drums is transferred on the intermediate transfer belt 506 by predetermined pressure and the biasing of static load that is provided by primary transfer device 507.Further, intermediate transfer belt 506 provides predetermined pressure and the biasing of static load in the secondary transfer printing portion that is formed by relative substantially secondary transfer printing inner roller 503 and secondary transfer printing outside roller 56, and the image of photographic fixing is not adsorbed onto on the sheet material S thus.
When forming image in the coloured image forming device 1 with this structure, the direction rotation of photosensitive drums 508 arrow A in the figure, charged equably by unshowned charging member in the surface of photosensitive drums.
Then, exposure device 511 is according to the photosensitive drums 508 emission light of image transmitted information to rotation.As required, utilize light to shine photosensitive drums 508, thereby on photosensitive drums 508, form sub-image via reflecting member 512 reflections.The transfer printing remaining toner of small amount of residual on photosensitive drums 508 collected by clearer 509, forms to be used for next image.
By developing apparatus 510 electrostatic latent image that is formed on by this way on the photosensitive drums 508 is carried out toner development, on photosensitive drums, to form toner image.Then, provide predetermined pressure and the biasing of static load by primary transfer device 507, so that toner image is transferred on the intermediate transfer belt 506.
With the upstream toner figure overlapping time point of primary transfer to the intermediate transfer belt, the image information of the image formation unit that is used for Y, M, C and Bk of carries out image formation portion 513.As a result, finally on intermediate transfer belt 506, form full-color toner image.
Image at image forming part 513 forms time point, supplies with sheet material S by feeding sheet materials member 53.Then, sheet material S is through being arranged on transport path 54a in the supply unit 54, being transported to crooked supply means for correcting 55, displacement and crooked supply that this crooked supply means for correcting 55 is proofreaied and correct the sheet material of being carried then.
To be delivered to registration roller 7 by the sheet material S that crooked supply means for correcting 55 has been proofreaied and correct displacement and crooked supply.After the point calibration, sheet material S is delivered to the secondary transfer printing portion that forms by secondary transfer printing inner roller 503 and secondary transfer printing outside roller 56 when carrying out by registration roller 7.
Then, secondary transfer printing portion with the full-colour image secondary transfer printing to sheet material S.
Then, by delivery section before the photographic fixing 57 will be by secondary transfer printing the sheet material S of toner image be delivered to fixing device 58.Then, by apply predetermined pressure and for example typically be arranged in fixing device 58 thermals source such as well heater add thermal effect, melt toner and with toner fixing to sheet material S.Sheet material S with the photographic fixing image that obtains directly is discharged to by branch's conveying device 59 to discharge on the pallet 500.When the two sides at sheet material S formed image, the switching by unshowned switching member was delivered to reverse conveying device 501 with sheet material S then.
Here, when as described above sheet material S being delivered to reverse conveying device 501, by carrying out the front-end and back-end that sheet material S is switched in commutation (switchback) operation, and sheet material S is delivered to the R of transport path again that is arranged in the two-sided conveying device 502.Then, be used for from the time point of the subsequent job sheet material of the 1B of feeding sheet materials portion conveying, the sheet material that sheet material S arrives sheet material conveyor 54 resupplies path 54b, is transported to secondary transfer printing portion then.Second image forming course is identical with first image forming course, the Therefore, omited explanation.
In supply unit 54, branch's conveying device 59, reverse conveying device 501 and two-sided conveying device 502, dispose a large amount of conveying rollers.For conveying roller, make sheet material is clamped in middle driven roller and driven voller rotation, with feeding sheets.In addition,, driven voller is applied power towards driven roller, sheet material is clamped in pressure between two rollers to set by unshowned force application components such as for example springs for conveying roller.
Shown in Fig. 2,3A and 3B, the preceding sheet material delivery section 57 of photographic fixing of constructing the second sheet material delivery section has the endless belt 102 that is used to keep sheet material S, and this second sheet material delivery section is delivered to sheet material the fixing device 58 of the structure first sheet material delivery section.Further, sheet material delivery section 57 has the air attraction 57A of portion before the photographic fixing, and this air attraction portion is configured in the inboard of endless belt 102, and the inboard of 102 conveyor surface produces negative pressure in the endless belt.
By driven roller 105 and driven voller 106a to the 106c conveying annular band 102 that is driven by motor M 1, and endless belt 102 has a plurality of circular hole P of attraction.The means of complementary annular band 102b that the auxiliary sheet material that is undertaken by endless belt 102 is carried is set at the both sides of two endless belts 102.Means of complementary annular band 102b does not adsorb and feeding sheets, and does not form attraction hole P.
The air attraction 57A of portion has: pipe section 101, and it has by the air-breathing opening that is used for that attracts hole Q structure; And extraction fan 100, it is attached to pipe section 101.Pipe section 101 is arranged on the inboard of two endless belts 102, and these two endless belts 102 are located at central portion on Width.Pipe section 101 has a plurality of seam shapes and attracts hole Q, and this seam shape attracts hole Q to be communicated with the attraction hole P that forms in two endless belts 102 that are arranged in central portion.When extraction fan 100 rotation, by as the attraction hole Q that is formed on the opening in the pipe section 101 be formed on attraction hole P in the endless belt 102 with air intake pipe road portion.Therefore, sheet material S is adsorbed onto on the surface of endless belt.
Fig. 3 A shows the state that extraction fan 100 begins to rotate.When extraction fan 100 rotations, air is by attracting hole P and attracting hole Q to be inhaled into pipe section, and is indicated as arrow.Discharge by the air that extraction fan 100 will attracted in the pipe section 101, indicated as the arrow among Fig. 3 B.
Because the suction and the discharging operation of extraction fan 100, the inside of pipe section always is in negative pressure state.Sheet material S thereby be adsorbed on the endless belt 102.When making driven roller 105 rotations under the state that is attracting sheet material S, rotate endless belt 102.Therefore, the sheet material S that is adsorbed on the endless belt 102 is delivered to fixing device 58.Sheet material S is adsorbed on the endless belt 102,, thereby can under the situation that does not upset toner image, realizes stable sheet material conveying with the sheet material S vibration that prevents to carry.
As shown in figure 10, when sheet material S is when for example B5 sized sheets and postcard etc. have the small size sheet material of little sheet material throughput direction length, before sheet material S arrived fixing device 58, the part of sheet material rather than whole sheet material can be placed on the full annular band.
Just, if the sheet material throughput direction length of sheet material is the rear end of sheet material arrived the endless belt before the sheet material front end arrives fixing device 58 length, then before sheet material S arrived fixing device 58, the part of sheet material rather than whole sheet material were placed on the full annular band.In this case, reduced that the sheet material rear end is adsorbed onto absorption affinity on the endless belt 102, thereby reduced carrying capacity.Therefore, sheet material stably can not be delivered to fusing nip N.As a result, sheet material S can not be pushed fusing nip N, thereby be stuck.
In the present embodiment, at least a portion of the part of sheet material rear end process before the sheet material front end arrives fusing nip N of pipe section 101 shown in Figure 6 is by flapper closure.Absorption affinity can be produced at L1 place, sheet material rear end,, thereby sheet material fusing nip N can be pushed reliably so that the conveying of sheet material is stable.
Fig. 4 is the figure that describes the structure of the transformation component with this baffle plate and switching mechanism, and this switching mechanism is the switching portion that is used to open and close baffle plate.In Fig. 4, be provided with baffle plate 103 that opens and closes pipe section 101 and the switching mechanism 103A that opens and closes baffle plate 103.In the present embodiment, two pipe section 101 of configuration on Width.Therefore, baffle plate 103 and switching mechanism 103A also are set on Width.In the present embodiment, baffle plate 103 is closed the part of pipe section 101, rather than closes whole pipe portion 101.
Such as already explained, in the conveying of small size sheet material, when sheet material S arrives fixing device 58, the part rather than the whole sheet material of sheet material can be placed on the full annular band.Just, as shown in Figure 6, in the conveying of small size sheet material, the sheet material rear end arrived endless belt 102 before the sheet material front end arrives fixing device 58, when feeding sheets S ', did not place the partial L 2 of sheet material rear end above occurring in the endless belt 102 then.
The top partial L 2 of not placing the sheet material rear end of endless belt 102, just, the upper section of the sheet material rear end that the disengaging of pipe section 101 is moved is closed by baffle component 103.Therefore, reduced the absorption affinity among the attraction hole Q of the opening that forms as the part corresponding, thereby reduced the attractive force loss with top partial L of not placing the sheet material rear end 2.Therefore, when the front end of sheet material S ' arrives fixing device 58, can maintain attractive force among the leading section L1 of endless belt 102.Reduce to attract the opening amount (aperture opening ratio) of hole Q, thereby prevent from sheet material is attracted to reducing of power on the endless belt 102.As a result, sheet material S ' stably can be delivered to the fixing roller 58a that is arranged in the fixing device 58 and the fusing nip N between the backer roll 58b.
As shown in Figure 6, pipe section 101 has the photographic fixing feeding sensor 201 as test section, is used to detect the sheet material of carrying by endless belt 102.In Fig. 6, make sheet material wrinkling to prevent at the dead ahead of fusing nip N photographic fixing inlet guides 200 with the angle [alpha] bending, guide sheet material then.
Fig. 8 is the control block diagram according to the open and close controlling of the baffle plate 103 of the transformation component of present embodiment.
In Fig. 8, controller 500 has: CPU 501; Be used for stored program ROM 503; The RAM 502 that is used for temporary storaging data; And the I/O504 that is used to communicate by letter.
The user will input to controller 500 from the operating portion 412 as input part as the dimension information and the sheet material quantity information of the sheet material throughput direction length information of the sheet material S that will use.
Via AD converter section 556 from photographic fixing feeding sensor 201 with the sheet material detection signal, promptly front-end detection or rear end detection signal are input to controller 500.Controller 500 is controlled the driving of flap motor M2 and the switching time point of control baffle plate 103 according to the sheet material detection signal via driver 566.
From in situ detection sensor 109 detection signal is input to controller 500 via AD converter section 505.Controller 500 is controlled the opened and closed positions of baffle component 103 according to detection signal.
The open and close controlling of baffle plate 103 in will transmitting with reference to flowchart text sheet material shown in Figure 9.
Open the power supply of coloured image forming device 1.Before sheet material transmitted (conveying) beginning, controller 500 stopped at original position with baffle plate 103, the position of opening conduits portion 101 promptly shown in Figure 5, and wait for that sheet material transmits the instruction of beginning.Then, the information (S01) of the quantity N of the sheet material of the dimension information of the sheet material S that transmits from operating portion 412 input and transmission.Then, when pressing unshowned start button, the beginning sheet material transmits (S02).
Before sheet material transmits beginning, determine whether position-detection sensor 109 is OFF (S03).When position-detection sensor 109 is OFF (S03 is for being), baffle plate 103 is pent.Therefore, flap motor M2 is just changeed,, be used for sheet material and transmit to open baffle plate 103 (S04).When position-detection sensor 109 is not OFF, when promptly position detecting sensor 109 was ON (S03 for not), baffle plate 103 was opened.Therefore, directly beginning sheet material transmits.
Determine whether photographic fixing feeding sensor 201 detects the sheet material front end in the given time, thereby switch to ON (S 05) from OFF.When the front end of sheet material S in the given time through photographic fixing feeding sensor 201 and photographic fixing feeding sensor 201 when OFF switches to ON (S05 is for being), according to the input information of importing from operating portion 412 determine sheets of sizes whether be B5 size or postcard size such smaller or equal to A4 size (S06).When photographic fixing feeding sensor 201 does not in the given time switch to ON (S05 for not) from OFF, produced sheet material and postponed paperboard (delay jam).Therefore, sheet material is postponed paperboard be presented at (S12) on the operating portion, finish sheet material then and transmit (S11).
When definite sheets of sizes is A4 size or littler (S06 is for being), close baffle plate 103 (S07).Close all or part of the upper section of pipe section 101 of the part of not placing the sheet material rear end of endless belt 102 by baffle plate 103.For this reason, even arrive at the sheet material front end before the fusing nip N of fixing device 58, also can be in the endless belt 102 end produce absorption affinity, sheet material stably can be delivered to fusing nip N.
As sheets of sizes during greater than the A4 size (S06 for not), baffle plate 103 stays open.Controller 500 optionally opens and closes baffle plate 103 according to sheets of sizes.
When the rear end of sheet material S process photographic fixing feeding sensor 201, photographic fixing feeding sensor 201 switches to OFF (S08 is for being) from ON.Therefore, the count value N of soft timer (softcounter) is decreased to N-1 (S09).(S08 is for denying) produced sheet material and stopped paperboard (stay jam) when photographic fixing feeding sensor 201 is ON.Then the sheet material paperboard is presented at (S12) on the operating portion.Finish sheet material and transmit (S11).
Whether the count value N that determines soft counter is 0 (S10).When count value is not 0 (S10 is for denying), determine that carrying out sheet material continuously transmits.When the rear end of sheet material S process photographic fixing feeding sensor 201, determine whether position-detection sensor 109 is OFF (S03).When position-detection sensor 109 is O FF (S03 is for being), baffle plate 103 is closed.Then, open baffle plate 103, the sheet material that is used for next sheet material S transmits.
When position-detection sensor 109 is ON (S03 is for denying), baffle plate 103 is opened.Under the state that baffle plate 103 is opened, the sheet material of preparing next sheet material S transmits.Carry out continuously this control and soft counter and be 0 (S10 is for being) afterwards, finish sheet material transmission (S11).
In the present embodiment, be under A4 size or the littler situation at sheet material S, the signal that arrives photographic fixing feeding sensor 201 and photographic fixing feeding sensor 201 when the sheet material front end is when OFF switches to ON, and as shown in Figure 7, baffle plate 103 is closed.Therefore, can close all or part of the upper section of pipe section 101 of the part of not placing the sheet material rear end of endless belt 102 by baffle component 103.
Then, sheet material S enters fusing nip N, begins then to come feeding sheets S by fixing device 58.The rear end of sheet material S is through photographic fixing feeding sensor 201.The signal of photographic fixing feeding sensor 201 switches to OFF from ON.Then, open baffle plate 103, be used for the conveying of next sheet material S.
In the present embodiment, the part of pipe section 101 is closed by baffle component 103 during sheet material transmits.The indicated absorption affinity of arrow in L1 place, sheet material rear end generation Fig. 6 is to push fusing nip N with sheet material S.After sheet material S is pushed into fusing nip N, open baffle plate 103, be used for next sheet material.Repeat this operation for each sheet material, can realize stable sheet material absorption and sheet material stably is delivered to fixing device 58.
Under the situation of sheet material greater than the A4 size, when the sheet material front end arrives fusing nip N, no show endless belt, sheet material rear end 102 and the mobile pipe section 101 that breaks away from.Therefore, can be under the situation that does not reduce absorption affinity sheet material be pushed fixing device 58.
Before the sheet material front end arrives fusing nip N the sheet material rear end at least a portion of part of pipe section 101 of process be closed.Therefore, can prevent the reducing of absorption affinity of sheet material.Can irrespectively realize stable sheet material conveying with the sheet material size.Just,, close the part of pipe section 101, prevent the vibration of sheet material thus by baffle plate 103 according to sheets of sizes.Can realize stable sheet material absorption and conveying.
Although describe the present invention, should be appreciated that the present invention is not limited to disclosed exemplary embodiments with reference to exemplary embodiments.The scope of appending claims is consistent with the explanation of maximum magnitude, thereby comprises all these modification, equivalent structure and function.
The application requires the right of priority of the Japanese patent application No. 2008-198436 of submission on July 31st, 2008, and the full content of this Japanese patent application is incorporated herein by reference.
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1. a sheet material conveyor is used for feeding sheets, and described sheet material conveyor comprises:
Rotatable endless belt, described endless belt have a plurality of attractions hole;
Air attraction portion, described air attraction portion is set at the inboard of described endless belt, and have and be used for the opening that air attracts, described air attraction portion makes described sheet material be adsorbed on the described endless belt by the described attraction hole suction air of described opening and described endless belt; And
Transformation component, along with being adsorbed onto moving of described sheet material on the described endless belt by described air attraction portion, described transformation component reduce from the sheet material rear end on described endless belt the attractive force of the corresponding described opening of the part of process.
2. sheet material conveyor according to claim 1 is characterized in that,
Described sheet material has described sheet material rear end and arrives the length that arrives described endless belt before the sheet material delivery section be configured in the downstream at the sheet material front end, and described transformation component reduces the aperture opening ratio of the described opening corresponding with the part of described sheet material rear end process before described sheet material front end arrives described sheet material delivery section.
3. sheet material conveyor according to claim 1 is characterized in that,
Described transformation component has the baffle plate of the aperture opening ratio that is used to change described opening, and described baffle plate reduces the aperture opening ratio of described opening to reduce the attractive force from described opening.
4. sheet material conveyor, it has the first sheet material delivery section and is delivered to the second sheet material delivery section of the described first sheet material delivery section by the air adsorption sheet and with described sheet material,
Wherein, the described second sheet material delivery section comprises:
Endless belt, described endless belt have a plurality of attractions hole;
Air attraction portion, described air attraction portion is set at the inboard of described endless belt, and have and be used for the opening that air attracts, described air attraction portion makes described sheet material be adsorbed on the described endless belt by the described attraction hole suction air of described opening and described endless belt; And
Baffle plate, described baffle plate opens and closes the part of described opening,
When described sheet material has the sheet material rear end when arriving the sheet material throughput direction length of described endless belt before the sheet material front end arrives the described first sheet material delivery section, at least a portion of described sheet material rear end opening portion of process before described sheet material front end arrives the described first sheet material delivery section is by described flapper closure.
5. sheet material conveyor according to claim 4 is characterized in that,
After described sheet material front end arrived the described first sheet material delivery section, described baffle plate was moved into the position of opening described opening.
6. sheet material conveyor according to claim 5 is characterized in that, described sheet material conveyor comprises:
Switching portion, described switching portion opens and closes described baffle plate; And
Test section, described test section are set between described first sheet material delivery section and the described second sheet material delivery section, and detect the described sheet material of being carried by the described second sheet material delivery section,
Wherein, described switching portion is driven, make according to the detection of described sheet material front end being moved to the position of closing described opening with described baffle plate by described test section, and according to moving to the position of opening described opening to the detection of described sheet material rear end and with described baffle plate by described test section.
7. sheet material conveyor according to claim 6 is characterized in that, described sheet material conveyor comprises:
Input part, described input part are used to import the sheet material throughput direction length information of described sheet material,
Wherein, described baffle plate is is optionally opened and closed according to the described sheet material throughput direction length information of the described sheet material of importing from described input part.
8. image forming apparatus, it has: image forming part; To be transferred to the transfer printing portion on the sheet material by the toner image that described image forming part forms; And the sheet material conveyor that has been used to carry by the transfer printing of described transfer printing portion the described sheet material of toner image, described sheet material conveyor comprises:
Rotatable endless belt, described endless belt have a plurality of attractions hole;
Air attraction portion, described air attraction portion is set at the inboard of described endless belt, and have and be used for the opening that air attracts, described air attraction portion makes described sheet material be adsorbed on the described endless belt by the described attraction hole suction air of described opening and described endless belt; And
Transformation component, along with being adsorbed onto moving of described sheet material on the described endless belt by described air attraction portion, described transformation component reduce from the sheet material rear end on described endless belt the attractive force of the corresponding described opening of the part of process.
9. image forming apparatus according to claim 8 is characterized in that,
Described sheet material has described sheet material rear end and arrives the length that arrives described endless belt before the sheet material delivery section be configured in the downstream at the sheet material front end, and described transformation component reduces the aperture opening ratio of the described opening corresponding with the part of described sheet material rear end process before described sheet material front end arrives described sheet material delivery section.
10. image forming apparatus according to claim 8 is characterized in that,
Described transformation component has the baffle plate of the aperture opening ratio that is used to change described opening, and described baffle plate reduces the aperture opening ratio of described opening to reduce the attractive force from described opening.
11. an image forming apparatus, it has: image forming part; To be transferred to the transfer printing portion on the sheet material by the toner image that described image forming part forms; And the sheet material conveyor that has been used to carry by the transfer printing of described transfer printing portion the described sheet material of toner image, described sheet material conveyor has the first sheet material delivery section and by the air adsorption sheet and described sheet material is delivered to the second sheet material delivery section of the described first sheet material delivery section
Wherein, the described second sheet material delivery section comprises:
Endless belt, described endless belt have a plurality of attractions hole;
Air attraction portion, described air attraction portion is set at the inboard of described endless belt, and have and be used for the opening that air attracts, described air attraction portion makes described sheet material be adsorbed on the described endless belt by the described attraction hole suction air of described opening and described endless belt; And
Baffle plate, described baffle plate opens and closes the part of described opening,
When described sheet material has the sheet material rear end when arriving the sheet material throughput direction length of described endless belt before the sheet material front end arrives the described first sheet material delivery section, at least a portion of described sheet material rear end opening portion of process before described sheet material front end arrives the described first sheet material delivery section is by described flapper closure.
12. image forming apparatus according to claim 11 is characterized in that, after described sheet material front end arrived the described first sheet material delivery section, described baffle plate was moved into the position of opening described opening.
13. image forming apparatus according to claim 12 is characterized in that, described image forming apparatus comprises:
Switching portion, described switching portion opens and closes described baffle plate; And
Test section, described test section are set between described first sheet material delivery section and the described second sheet material delivery section, and detect the described sheet material of being carried by the described second sheet material delivery section,
Wherein, described switching portion is driven, make according to the detection of described sheet material front end being moved to the position of closing described opening with described baffle plate by described test section, and according to moving to the position of opening described opening to the detection of described sheet material rear end and with described baffle plate by described test section.
14. image forming apparatus according to claim 13 is characterized in that, described image forming apparatus comprises:
Input part, described input part are used to import the sheet material throughput direction length information of described sheet material,
Wherein, described baffle plate is is optionally opened and closed according to the described sheet material throughput direction length information of the described sheet material of importing from described input part.
15. image forming apparatus according to claim 11 is characterized in that,
The described first sheet material delivery section is a photographic fixing portion, described photographic fixing portion to by the transfer printing of described transfer printing portion the described sheet material of described toner image carry out photographic fixing.
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